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Sacramento State Traffic Bowl Team Takes Second Place (August 2009) -
A group of four Sacramento State Civil Engineering students travelled to the 2009 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Western Regional Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado in July where they participated in the annual Student Traffic Bowl, a Jeopardy-style transportation trivia competition. The Sacramento State team, comprised of Sean DeGuzman, Stephen Nelson, Cephas Hurr, and Jonathan Goodman, competed against student teams from nine other universities in the western United States. The Sacramento State team made it to the final round where it came in second place behind the host school, the University of Wyoming.
(L-R) DeGuzman, Nelson, Dr. Shafizadeh, Hurr, and Goodman |
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Chapter Attends International ITE Meeting in Anaheim (August 2008) - Three Sacramento State civil engineering students joined professional transportation engineers from all over the world to participate in the Institute of Transportation Engineers International Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Anaheim, California in August. Students Julie Schmidt, Lindsey Shelton, and Christopher Van de Wyngard participated in a wide range of student activities, field trips, and technical sessions at the conference. Joined by Dr. Kevan Shafizadeh, the ITE student chapter faculty advisor, students participated in a wide range of conference activities including attending technical sessions, participating in Kell Student Competition and the jeopardy-style Traffic Bowl, and touring the State Route 91 Express Lane facility and operations center.
SR-91 Toll Road |
SR-91 Toll Road TOC |
Traffic Bowl |
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Field Trip: Sacramento County DOT (March 2008) - Members of the ITE Student Chapter visited the Sacramento County Department of Transportation (SacDOT). Associate Transportation Engineer Bill Crowl, PE, guided the tour through all aspects of the county DOT operations including traffic operations and maintenance as well as the traffic operations center. The TOC hosts a system of cameras, loop detectors, and sensors are used to monitor and adjust traffic signal controllers on major arterial corridors in Sacramento County.
Signage! |
TOC |
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Chapter Hosts Accident Reconstruction and Analysis Expert (February 2008) - The Sacramento State ITE Student Chapter welcomed accident reconstruction and analysis expert, Tom Shelton of Shelton & Associates to its monthly meeting. Mr. Shelton spoke about his career and life in the accident reconstruction business, and how a typical collision is investigated. He also demonstrated new computer software that can aid in the reconstruction of collisions. Larry Wymer, the President of the Northern California Section of ITE, was also in attendance.
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Guest Speaker Discusses Freeway Performace Monitoring Database (October 2007) - Dr. Nicholas Compin, Chief of the PeMS Operation Branch at the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) spoke about congestion monitoring using the Freeway Performance Management System (PeMS). Dr. Compin spoke about his career and how congestion is monitored and studied by transportation engineers and planners. He discussed and demonstrated many features and analytical tools that are available by accessing the database on-line.
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Chapter Attends District 6 Annual Meeting in Portland (July 2007) - Four Sac State civil engineering students joined professional transportation engineers from the Western United States to participate in the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon in July. Sophomore Stephen Nelson, junior Dan Cloutier, senior Tony Symoanovich, and graduate student Mahesh Pandey participated in a wide range of student activities, field trips, and technical sessions at the conference. Joined by Professor Kevan Shafizadeh, the ITE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, students toured various transportation systems and projects in Oregon including the Portland streetcar system, the MAX lightrail system, an experimental Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) system, the Portland bicycle network, and Portland State University’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) lab.
Nelson, Cloutier, Shafizadeh, Pandey, Symoanovich |
Portland MAX Light Rail |
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Chapter Visits City of Sacramento DOT (April 2007) - ITE members visited the City of Sacramento Department of Transportation offices and spoke with city traffic engineer Angie Louie, PE, TE and Sac State Alumnus Ryan Billeci who demonstrated and discussed operations in the Traffic Operations Center (TOC). Hamid Khalesssi discussed traffic calming as part of Sacramento's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP).
TOC |
NTMP |
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Local Engineer Discusses R Street Corridor Redevelopment Project (February 2007) - Adrian Engel, PE, a project manager at Mark Thomas & Company, gave a presentation about the R Street Corridor Redevelopment Project. R Street, a historical street in Downtown Sacramento, played a major role in the early years when Sacramento was being developed. The Transcontinental Railroad made its way right down the center of the R Street Corridor. The street is filled with many industrial businesses even though the railroad track is no longer in service through that area. Through the years, the track has remained in place as a reminder of the history that it holds. The street does not meet city standards or ADA requirements, so an improvement project is planned for the street to create a more pedestrian friendly corridor being that it is next to a light rail station. The City wants the street to accessible to local businesses while providing pedestrians with a safe and aesthetically pleasing roadway.
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Sac State Alum Discusses Complete Streets (November 2006) - Professional Engineer and Sac State alumnus, Jason Isaac, of
Fehr and Peers Associates gave an engaging presentation about the concept of Complete Streets and the associated planning and design of roads to accommodate users of all modes.
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Speaker Presents Traffic Flow Analysis (October 2006) - Dr. Mike Mauch of
DKS Associates discussed a project where traffic flow data on Northern California freeways was analyzed to better understand recurrent and non-recurrent congestion and their affect on travel time.
Time-Space Diagram of Traffic Flow |
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Sacramento-Area ITS Projects Discussed (September 2006) - In its first meeting of the academic year, the Chapter welcomed Bill Crowl, PE, from the Sacramento County Department of Transportation (SacDOT). Mr. Crowl presented the business case for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) implementation in transportation planning and operations, and showed examples of current road, transit, and non-motorized ITS projects in the Sacramento area.
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New Officers Elected for Fall 2006 (September 2006) - With many officers graduating last spring, the Chapter elected a new officer core in the fall. For a complete list of the new officer core, visit the updated officers page.
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Members Attend ITE Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (June 2006) - Four ITE members traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend the 2006 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) District 6 Annual Meeting. Undergraduate students Erik Dahl, Brandon Lew, and Jason O’Toole and graduate student Britt Fugitt attended the conference to participate in the conference Traffic Bowl. The Sac State Chapter also hosted the Kell Student Competition, where student teams from other universities participated in a head-to-head competition using traffic calming devices. Former Chapter President, Erik Dahl, gave a technical presentation on parking generation by multiplex movie theatres in the Sacramento area. Professor Kevan Shafizadeh gave a technical presentation about transportation software applications developed as class projects in CE-101 (Computer Applications in Civil Engineering).
Kell Competition |
Lew, O'Toole, Shafizadeh, Fugitt, Dahl |
Erik Dahl |
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Sac State Chapter Named "Chapter of the Year" Runner-Up (May 2006) - In only its second year since being reactivated as a student organization at Sacramento State, the ITE Student Chapter was named Student Chapter of the Year runner-up (second place) among the 31 university student chapters in the 14 western states that comprise ITE District 6. The competition was based on the student chapter annual report, which was submitted in early April and summarized all of the Chapter events and activities for the year. The Chapter will be recognized at the District 6 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii in June.
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Chapter Wins Grant to Host Kell Student Competition at ITE Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (April 2006) - The Sacramento State ITE Student Chapter has won a grant to host and conduct the James H. Kell Student Competition at the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii this summer. Led by Chapter President Erik Dahl, the chapter will host a competition for all students participating in the conference. The grant, sponsored by ITE District 6, will support Erik's travel to the conference and any supplies.
- Members Earn Trip to ITE Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (March 2006) - Two members of the ITE Student Chapter have earned trips to the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii this summer. Britt Fugitt earned an all-expenses paid trip through a scholarship specifically for the conference by the Northern California Section of ITE. Brandon Lew was selected to attend the conference after competing the 2006 Sac State Traffic Bowl Competition of transportation engineering knowledge and trivia. His trip will be funded through a grant by the Associated Students, Inc. of Sacramento State.
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Chapter Hosts Discussion of Local Interchange Project (April 2006) - On April 27th, he Chapter welcomed Alan Glen, PE, and Jason Jurrens of Quincy Engineering to discuss innovative design procedures as part of the Sinclair Road/State Route-99 Interchange Project. Their presentation addressed any of the preliminary design considerations and proposed alternatives along with the decision to develop a single-point interchange. (Photos by N. Nathan.)
Jason Jurrens |
Students with Alan Glen |
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Chapter Hosts Presentation of Transportation Practice (April 2006) - On April 13, the Chapter welcomed Adrian Engle, PE, and alumnus Jason Pangburn of Mark Thomas & Company to give an overview of the state of the practice in transportation engineering. Their presentation covered many aspects of the field including an introduction to the new Quantm route-optimization system. (Photos by N. Nathan.)
- Chapter Hosts Annual 5-on-5 Engineering Basketball Tournament (April 2006) - On April 7, members of the ITE Student Chapter hosted its Annual Five-on-Five Engineering Basketball Tournament. This tournament was held in the main Sac State gym and was open to all engineering students and organizations. It has grown in popularity as students from the ITE, as well as the American Society of civil Engineers (ASCE), Tau Beta Pi (TBP), Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Civil Engineering (CE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), and Construction Management (CM) all participated in this year's tournament. Approximately 60 students and two faculty participated. (Photos by N. Nathan.)
- Chapter Visits Traffic Operations Center (TOC) (February 2006) - On February 17, 2006, members of the ITE Student Chapter visited the Sacramento County Department of Transportation (SacDOT) Traffic Operations Center (TOC). Senior Civil Engineer Doug Maas, PE, guided the tour and demonstrated how the system of cameras, loop detectors, and sensors are used to monitor and adjust traffic signal controllers on major arterial corridors in Sacramento County.
- Chapter Hosts Discussion of Traffic Simulation Software (February 2006) - On February 9, 2006, guest speakers Jason Pack and David Stanek, PE, of Fehr & Peers Associates gave a technical presentation about the state of practice of traffic simulation software (See www.trafficsimulation.org.) Mr. Stanek discussed the advantages and disadvanatges of different traffic simulation packages, and Mr. Pack discussed and demonstrated simulations of applications for alternatives at various local projects, including US-50/Watt Avenue Interchange. (All photos by N. Nathan.)
VISSIM |
Stanek, Shafizadeh, Pack |
- Chapter Wins 2005-2006 Data Collection Grant (January 2006) - The Sacramento State Chapter was awarded a grant to collect parking data at a multiplex movie theater through the Western ITE District 6 Data Collection Fund. This data collection effort was needed to better model the rate at which parking demand is generated at multiplex theaters during the peak holiday season. Work started in November 2005 and was completed in early January 2006.
The data and final report are now available!
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